Portable Canvas Labyrinths
St. Luke’s Hospital, 425 S. Woodsmill Road, Chesterfield
24′ Classical 7-circuit pattern. Call 314-434-1500 for schedule.
St. Charles Presbyterian Church, 131 Gamble Street, St. Charles
36′ Chartres pattern. Call 636-946-4467 for schedule.
Center for Spiritual Living, 12875 Fee Fee Road, St. Louis
24′ Santa Rosa pattern. Call 314-576-6772 for schedule.
Christ Church Cathedral, 1210 Locust, St. Louis
24′ Petite Chartres. [...]

What is the Labyrinth?
The labyrinth is a single path arranged in a pattern. Unlike a maze, which aims to confuse and disorient those who walk it, a labyrinth offers only one possible route; the same path leads inward to the center, then outward again. The journey ends where it began.
Labyrinths come in many forms. [...]

Are you looking for something different in your workouts–exercise that will engage your body and mind in a new way? Mind-body exercise (physical activity performed with an internal focus) is an increasingly popular choice. It can improve not only flexibility, strength, posture and balance but also coordination, stress management and focus.
Which Road to Take?
How do [...]

by Shirley Archer, JD, MA
Studies have shown that a discipline of consistent meditation improves immune system response. Now, new research suggests that tai chi and qigong practice may offer similar immunity-enhancing characteristics: older adults who did tai chi and qigong regularly for 5 months had a superior positive reaction to a flu vaccine compared with [...]

Who has time to worry about stress? After all, if we had time to manage our stress, we would not be stressed in the first place! This retort, unfortunately, is often our first response to the subject of stress. Yet no matter how busy we become in our daily routines, we cannot afford to ignore [...]

I’m Talking to You!
I heard you groan when you read the title.  I know what you are thinking: “Not me.  Not ever!  I am too disgusting, too fat, too ugly, too unacceptable, too rejected, too skinny, too pock-marked, too flat-chested . . .”  I have heard it all and said much of it to myself.
Aren’t [...]

“Choice begins the moment you disidentify from the mind and its conditioned patterns, the moment you become present.”
- Eckhart Tolle, Author of The Power of Now
We live in a world of limitless change. I still remember when we got our first color TV, how thrilled we were to be watching movies in our own home [...]

It’s a New Year and a new set of resolutions. How many will you actually see through to the end, and how many will fall by the wayside because of one simple four lettered word . . . FEAR?
Fear gets to the best of us, whether it is fear of failure, fear of success or [...]

Being stressed, overwhelmed and over-tired is one of the primary causes of over eating. When we are worn out, we are much less able to resist temptation and much more likely to try to sooth or revive ourselves by over eating.
My tip for minimizing stress-related emotional over eating: learn to say “no” so that you [...]

Yoga is becoming a more and more popular activity in the Western world today. The number of places holding Yoga classes is on the increase and there is a plethora of different types of Yoga. With a choice of Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Power Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Bikram Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga and many more it [...]